6. New animated videos for Be Legal and Fair, Intro to Powerful Presentations, and Digital Images are in process

7. Interactives, Dig the Data, and Creative Communications are being updated

8. An Awesome Index to the site is done, still wanting more standards listed.

9. Revisions to Thing 21 Coding and Game Design will be done during the 2018-19 school year to launch Fall 2019.

A short video about the new updates to the site will be updated for 2018-19 by mid- August 2018.

*** Michigan Teachers do you need credits to renew your license?
PD Offerings: October 1 - July 2, 2018.Earn 10-90 SCECHs by completing up to nine of the 21 Things 4 Teachers modules. More info can be found at Registration.

5/30/2018 Thing 8 Q2 Troubleshooting has a new game on Cybersecurity from Nova Labs (PBS). The game takes 75 minutes and could be a great homework assignment or small group activity spread over several days. It requires a sign-in from either: Facebook, Google, PBS, or it offers a Guest Pass that doesn't save progress.

5/28/2018 Thing 12 Quest 2 Interactive Investigations has been updated due to Edheads changing the virtual games that are available for free.

5/24/2018 An Assessment menu item has been added. It has both the pre- and post- Technology Skills Surveys on the page. These will be removed from 1. Basics-Navigation and 15.Q4 Skills Check before the next school year.

Drop-down 21things menu: You may have noticed the drop-down menu for the 21things is now a double menu box. Teachers requested we find a way to make it shorter so tablets and chromebooks could see the long list easier.

Instructional Learning Objectives: contain the new ISTE standards in brackets after them. It would be helpful if you begin to familiarize students with the concepts of the 7 standards (see the ISTE Standards for Students 2016

Student Checklists: student checklists have been updated to include a link to the Quizlets

I Can statements: that have been located on the Graduation page are now also on the student checklists to help identify personal learning goals. These are also being refreshed, and added to the teacher guides.

Accessibility: We will be converting the pdf files to meet accessibility standards, adding accommodation information to the site as well as the teacher guides. Our videos already include CC.

The added Classroom Collaboration Quest is now part of Thing 4. Collaboration

#10 Digital Images: PicMonkey and two student-created examples have been added to Quest 3

SOPPA: Information about the Student Online Personal Protection Act (SOPPA) in Michigan has been added to the Teacher Resource section.

Close captioning for videos: We cannot add CC for YouTube, SchoolTube or other videos that we link to, only the ones we have created.

The Teacher Resources have been moved. They were previously located in a Moodle site and have now been moved to this site with a password protected login. It is located under the Teacher Resources top menu, and called: Teacher Resource Login. When you complete the Teacher Registration that you are using the site you will find the login and password at the end of the registration survey. The password is changed each year in July to help us document the use to our funding source (to keep it free to you).

Updates to the 21things4students

*** Stay informed about key trends in technology and learning challenges now and in the next 5 years. Explore by viewing the K-12 Horizon Report overview video (embedded below), and by downloading both the 2016 NMC/CoSN K-12 Horizon Report and the 2016 Horizon Digital Toolkit located at the top of the Teacher Start Page.

ISTE awarded the 21things4students their Seal of Alignment for meeting all of the technology standards for students for 2017-19. Their conclusion states:

Reviewers CONCLUSION: that collectively, the 21things4students resource is an impressive resource that provides a comprehensive ladder of skills critical for students to be successful in the digital learning landscape. Students who complete the 21Things curriculum will be in an excellent position to further develop their skills and grow their effective use of technology as a tool for learning.

It is with appreciation that the REMC Association of Michigan acknowledges Ingham ISD, Macomb ISD, and Shiawassee RESD for their collaboration in the development, evolution and success of the 21things4students.